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Pope May Be Sneaking Out at Night to Help Poor

(NEWSER) – This will only help Francis' reputation as everyone's favorite pope: It seems that the pontiff is ducking out of the Vatican at night dressed as a priest to minister to Rome's homeless and hand out money. The rumor got buzzing when an archbishop whose job it is to do just that said in an interview, "When I say to him, 'I’m going out into the city this evening,' there’s the constant risk that he will come with me," reports uCatholic. Pressed on whether Francis had actually done so, the archbishop smiled and said, "Next question."